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CONFORMED COPY
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Exhibit 10.8(b)
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AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF THE
BUSINESS AND ASSETS OF TRAVELEX UK LIMITED
(1) TRAVELEX UK LIMITED
(2) TRM (ATM) LIMITED
(3) TRM CORPORATION
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1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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8. APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT
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15. PROTECTION OF THE INTERESTS OF THE
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Part 2: Management Accounts and Current
Trading
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Part 3: Compliance and Litigation
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Part 6: Sites and Environment
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Part 9: Intellectual Property
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Part 10: Information Technology
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Limitations on Seller’s
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Conduct of Business Pending
Completion
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Assignment of rights under Contracts
Assignments of Transferring Intellectual Property
Transitional Services Agreement
THIS AGREEMENT
is made on 1 September 2005
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(1)
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TRAVELEX UK LIMITED
, a company incorporated
in England and Wales (registered number 1985596) whose registered
office is at 65 Kingsway, London WC2B 6TB (the “
Seller ”);
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TRM (ATM) LIMITED
, a company incorporated
in England and Wales (registered number 37822309) whose registered
office is at 1A Meadowbrook, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9SA (the
“ Buyer ”); and
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TRM CORPORATION
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organised and existing under the laws of the state of Oregon,
United States of America whose principal place of business is at
5208 NE 122 nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97230, USA
(the “ Guarantor ”).
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(A)
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The
Seller carries on the Business (as defined below).
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(B)
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The
Seller wishes to sell and the Buyer wishes to buy the Business as a
going concern on the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
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The
Guarantor has agreed to guarantee the obligations of the Buyer on
the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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1.
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DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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In
this Agreement, the following words and expressions shall have the
following meanings unless the context requires
otherwise:
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“
Accounts ”
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the audited
individual accounts (within the meaning of section 226 Companies
Act 1985) of the Seller for the financial year ended on the
Accounts Date, a copy of which is annexed to this Agreement marked
“A”;
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“
Accounts Date ”
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31
December 2004;
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“ Aged
Creditors ”
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all sums due
and owing by the Seller at the Effective Time in connection with
the Business and in the ordinary course of trade but excluding the
Transferring Creditors;
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“ Aged
Debtors ”
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all sums
receivable by or owing to the Seller at the Effective Time in
connection with the Business and in the ordinary course of trade,
whether or not then invoiced or due, and any interest payable on
any such sum, but excluding the Transferring Debtors;
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Assets ”
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the assets and
rights to be sold under this Agreement, as listed in clause
6.2;
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ATM ”
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a domestic
currency dispensing automated teller machine including any
associated Housing and software necessary to run the automated
teller machine;
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“ ATM
Site ”
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any site at
which the Seller operates or manages an ATM in the course of the
Business;
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Business ”
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the business of
installing, operating and/or managing ATMs carried on by the Seller
in the United Kingdom at the Effective Time under the name and mark
“Travelex” and/or “Alliance &
Leicester” but excluding the Excluded Business;
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Business Day ”
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a day on which
banks are open for business in London, other than Saturday or
Sunday;
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Business Design Right ”
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the design
right owned by the Seller at the Effective Time and used
exclusively for the purposes of the Business and/or the business of
Travelex ATMs, details of which are set out in schedule
1;
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“
Business Know-how ”
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all know-how,
trade secrets, techniques, information, expertise or proprietary
knowledge of
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the Seller at
the Effective Time used exclusively for the purposes of the
Business and/or the business of Travelex ATMs;
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Business Records ”
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the records of
the Seller at the Effective Time relating wholly or mainly to the
Business and/or the business of Travelex ATMs, except as comprised
in the Excluded Assets including inter alia:
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all PAYE,
National Insurance and other records relating to the Employees;
and
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all documents
relating to the Contracts;
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“Buyer’s
Accountants”
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the
Buyer’s accountants for the time being;
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“Buyer’s Group”
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the Buyer, any
ultimate parent undertaking of the Buyer for the time being and all
direct or indirect subsidiary undertakings for the time being of
any such parent undertaking’s accountants for the time
being;
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“Buyer’s
Solicitors”
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Davenport Lyons
of 30 Old Burlington Street, London W1S 3NL;
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“Companies Act 1985”
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the Companies
Act 1985;
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“
Completion ”
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completion of
the sale and purchase of the Business and the Assets in accordance
with this Agreement;
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“Completion Accounts”
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a pro-forma
statement of certain current assets and certain current liabilities
of the Seller relating to the Business as at 5.30 pm on the
Completion Date, as listed in each case in part 1 of schedule 10
(Completion Accounts);
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“
Confidential Information ”
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all
confidential information and trade secrets
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relating
exclusively to the Business or to the business of Travelex ATMs
including all financial, marketing and technical information,
ideas, concepts, technology, processes and knowledge together with
lists or details of customers, suppliers, prices, discounts,
margins, information relating to research and development, current
trading performance and future business strategy and any
information derived from any of them and subsisting at the
Completion Date in each case to the extent confidential and
relating exclusively to the Business and the business of Travelex
ATMs;
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“
Completion Date ”
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the date on
which Completion takes place;
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“Conditions”
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the conditions
listed in clause 4.1;
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“
Contracts ”
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all the
agreements, written or oral, relating exclusively to the Business
and/or the business of Travelex ATMs as listed in schedule 8
provided that references in this Agreement to rights or obligations
under or in connection with the Contracts exclude the Aged Debtors,
the Transferring Debtors and the Aged Creditors and Transferring
Creditors respectively;
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“
Disclosure Letter ”
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the disclosure
letter in the agreed form from the Seller to the Buyer, dated with
the date of this Agreement, together with the documents attached to
it;
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“
Effective Time ”
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5.30 p.m. UK
time on the Completion Date;
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“
Employees ”
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the individuals
employed or engaged wholly or mainly in the Business at the
Effective Time which at the date of this Agreement consists of
those persons whose details are set out in schedule 9;
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“Encumbrance”
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a mortgage,
charge (fixed or floating), pledge, lien, option, restriction,
hypothecation, guarantee, trust, right of set-off, right of first
refusal, right of pre-emption or other third party right (legal or
equitable), interest or claim of any kind including any assignment
by way of security, reservation of title or other security interest
of any kind, howsoever created or arising, or other agreement or
arrangement having similar effect;
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“End
Date”
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shall have the
meaning given in the Share Purchase Agreement;
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“Environment”
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the natural and
man-made environment and all or any of the following media, namely
air (including air within buildings and air within other natural or
man-made structures above or below ground), water (including water
under or within land or in drains or sewers and inland waters),
land and any living organisms or systems supported by those
media;
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“Environmental Law”
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all applicable
laws, regulations, directives, statutes, subordinate legislation,
common law, civil codes and other national and local laws, all
judgments, orders, instructions or awards of any court or competent
authority and all codes of practice, industry agreements and
guidance notes which primarily serve to protect the Environment or
human health and safety and includes all laws relating to actual or
threatened emissions, seepages, discharges, escapes, releases or
leaks of pollutants, contaminants or Hazardous
Substances;
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“Escrow Account”
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the bank
account to be opened in the joint names of the Seller’s
Solicitors and the Buyer’s Solicitors in accordance with the
Escrow Agreement;
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“Escrow Agreement”
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the agreement,
in the agreed form, between the Seller, Snax 24 Corporation
Limited, the Buyer, TRM Services Limited, the Seller’s
Solicitors and the Buyer’s Solicitors to be entered into
pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement;
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“Excluded Assets”
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those assets
listed in schedule 2;
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“Excluded Business”
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acting as
“landlord” (and carrying out maintenance activities) in
relation to a site on which an ATM is installed where that ATM is
operated by a third party paying a fee to the Seller (whether that
fee is fixed or calculated by turnover or determined in any other
way) provided that the Seller shall not be in any way otherwise
involved in the operation of the ATM in question or the processing
of transactions in relation to that ATM; or
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operating any
ATM installed at any site (including for example but without
limitation an airport terminal) at which the Seller or a member of
the Seller’s Group carries on any foreign exchange business,
whether or not the ATM in question is located in the bureau at
which that foreign exchange business is carried on; or
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operating any
ATM which utilises so-called “Dynamic Currency
Conversion” technology;
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“Excluded Contract
Liabilities”
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all liabilities
of the Seller relating to or arising in connection with:
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any breach of
contract or breach of duty which is attributable to any act,
neglect, omission or default of the Seller or any
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member of the
Seller’s Group prior to the Effective Time; or
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any product
delivered by any member of the Seller’s Group or any service
performed by any member of the Seller’s Group prior to the
Effective Time;
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“Excluded
Liabilities”
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the Excluded
Contract Liabilities and all the liabilities or obligations
relating to the Business or Assets (other than those liabilities
expressly assumed hereunder) and outstanding on, or accrued or
referable to the period up to and including the Effective Time,
including but not limited to any and all liabilities in respect of
national insurance, PAYE, VAT or other Taxation attributable to the
Seller in respect of the Business, the Assets or the Employees
relating to the period ending at the Effective Time and all bank
and other overdrafts and loans owing by the Seller;
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“Goodwill”
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all the
goodwill, interest and connection of the Seller in and concerning
the customer base, prospects and contacts of the Business at the
Effective Time together with the exclusive right (so far as enjoyed
by the Seller) to carry on the Business and for the Buyer to
represent itself as carrying on the Business in succession to the
Seller;
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“Group”
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the
Buyer’s Group or the Seller’s Group, as the context
requires;
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“Hazardous
Substances”
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any substance
or organism which alone or in combination with others may cause
harm or damage to the Environment, human health and safety, flora
or fauna and includes without limitation, any hazardous or toxic
materials, pollutants and wastes;
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“Hire
Agreement”
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an operating
lease, finance lease or hire purchase agreement;
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“Housing”
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any cabinet,
kiosk, acoustic hood, shelter or booth or similar things (including
any side panels, door, signage, lighting, metal frame, back plate
or other configuration) forming the structure of an ATM;
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“ICTA”
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the Income and
Corporation Taxes Act 1988;
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“Independent
Accountants”
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the independent
firm of chartered accountants to whom matters are referred in
accordance with clause 8.1;
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“Intellectual Property
Rights”
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all Registered
Intellectual Property Rights and all inventions (whether patentable
or not), design rights, database rights, copyright, moral rights,
semiconductor topography rights, unregistered trade and service
marks, logos, get-up and trade names and the goodwill attaching to
them, Know-how, and any rights or forms of protection of a similar
nature and having equivalent or similar effect to any of them which
subsist anywhere in the world;
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“Know-how”
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all know-how,
trade secrets and confidential information, in any form (including
paper, electronically stored data, magnetic media, film and
microfilm) including without limitation drawings, formulae, test
results or reports, project reports and
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testing
procedures, information relating to the working of any product,
process, invention, improvement or development, instruction and
training manuals, tables of operating conditions, information
concerning intellectual property portfolio and strategy, market
forecasts, lists or particulars of customers and suppliers, sales
targets, sales statistics, prices, discounts, mark-ups, future
business strategy, tenders, price sensitive information, market
research reports and business development and planning reports but
always excluding any Confidential Information;
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“
Leased Equipment ”
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all assets used
(but not owned) by the Seller exclusively for the purposes of the
Business and which are the subject of a Hire Agreement;
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“
Licence Agreement ”
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the perpetual
royalty free licence of the use of the Business Design Right, in
the agreed form, to be granted by the Buyer to the Seller on
Completion;
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“
Losses ”
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in relation to
any matter, all liabilities, losses, claims, damages, fines,
penalties, costs and expenses relating to that matter (including
for the avoidance of doubt all reasonable and properly incurred
legal and other professional costs);
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“
Management Accounts ”
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the unaudited
management accounts of the Seller in relation to the Business
comprising balance sheets as at 31 December 2004 and as at 30
June 2005 and profit and loss accounts for the periods which began
on (a) 1 January 2004 and ended on 31 December 2004
and (b) 1 January 2005 and ended on 30 June 2005 copies
of which are annexed to this Agreement marked
“B”;
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“Net
Current Liability Statement”
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the statement
of the Net Current Liability Value in the format set out in part 3
of schedule 10 (Completion Accounts);
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“Net
Current Liability Value”
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the amount (if
any) in pounds sterling by which the aggregate value of those
liabilities of the Seller relating to the Business as at the
Completion Date that are listed in part 1 of schedule 10
(Completion Accounts) (the repayment of which, for the avoidance of
doubt, is being assumed by the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement)
exceed the aggregate value of those assets of the Seller relating
to the Business as at the Completion Date that are listed in part 1
of schedule 10 (Completion Accounts) (which assets are for the
avoidance of doubt, being acquired by the Buyer pursuant to this
Agreement) as shown in the Completion Accounts (and for the
avoidance of doubt, the amount of that excess (if any) shall be
expressed as a positive rather than as a negative figure), and
provided that (a) if the aggregate amount of those liabilities
is equal to the aggregate amount of those assets, the Net Current
Liability Value shall be zero; and (b) if the aggregate amount
of those liabilities is less than the aggregate amount of those
assets then the amount of that shortfall shall be expressed as a
negative (rather than as a positive) amount, so that (for
illustrative purposes only) if the aggregate amount of those
liabilities exceeds the aggregate value of those assets by
£100,000, the Net Current Liability Value shall be
£100,000 and if the aggregate amount of those liabilities is
less than the aggregate value of those assets by £100,000, the
Net Current Liability Value shall be
–(£100,000);
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“
Pension Scheme ”
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means the
scheme known as the Travelex Group Personal Pension Plan operated
by Scottish Equitable plc;
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“
Plant and Equipment ”
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such of the
ATMs as are listed in schedule 6 which are owned by the Seller at
the Effective Time and held exclusively for the purposes of the
Business and/or the business of Travelex ATMs, and other items of
plant, machinery, fittings, tools and equipment, including computer
systems, office furniture and motor vehicles, excluding any assets
comprised within the Excluded Assets, owned by the Seller at the
Effective Time and held exclusively for the purposes of the
Business and/or the business of Travelex ATMs including but not
limited to the items described in schedule 11;
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“
Registered Intellectual Property Rights ”
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all patents,
utility models, registered designs, registered copyrights, plant
variety rights, registered trade and service marks and the goodwill
attaching to them, domain names and applications for registration
and rights to grant of them and any rights or forms of protection
of a similar nature anywhere in the world;
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“Repeated Warranties”
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the Warranties
other than those set out in paragraph 2.2 of part 2 of schedule 3,
as such warranties continue to be repeated in accordance with
clause 14.1 between the date of this Agreement and the Completion
Date provided that, for the purposes of this definition, references
to Employees in the Warranties contained in part 8 of schedule 3
shall be to the Employees as at the date of this
Agreement;
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“Sellers’
Accountants”
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the
Seller’s accountants for the time being.
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“
Seller’s Group ”
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Travelex
Holdings Limited and all direct or indirect subsidiary undertakings
for the time being of Travelex Holdings Limited;
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“
Seller’s Solicitors ”
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Olswang of 90
High Holborn, London WC1V 6XX;
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“
Share Purchase Agreement ”
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the agreement,
in the agreed form, between TRM Services Limited, the Seller and
Snax 24 Corporation Limited, with the same date as this Agreement
relating to the sale of the Shares;
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“
Shares ”
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shall have the
meaning given to it in the definitions of the Share Purchase
Agreement;
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“ Site
Agreement ”
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has the meaning
given to it in paragraph 1.1 of part 6 of schedule 3;
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“
Tax ” or “ Taxation ”
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all forms of
taxation, duties, rates, levies, withholdings, deductions, charges
and imposts imposed in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and all
penalties, surcharges, fines and interest relating to any of the
above but excluding any stamp duty, stamp duty land tax or stamp
duty reserve tax payable on this Agreement or any instrument
executed pursuant to this Agreement or on any agreement relating to
the Business and excluding business rates;
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“ Tax
Authority ”
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HM Revenue and
Customs and any other authority body or official (whether in the
United Kingdom or elsewhere) competent to assess, demand, impose,
administer or collect Tax;
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“
Trade Marks ”
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business names,
domain names, registered and unregistered trade marks and
applications for registration of any of the above;
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“Transfer
Regulations”
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the Transfer of
Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations
1981;
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“Transferring
Creditors”
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all sums due
and owing by the Seller for fewer than 60 days from the date
of supply of the goods or services or if the provision for such
goods or services is ongoing, the date of invoice at the Effective
Time in connection with the Business and in the ordinary course of
trade and excluding (a) any amounts due in respect of the
purchase of fixed assets (b) amounts due to members of the
Seller’s Group and (c) any such sums comprised within
the Excluded Liabilities;
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“Transferring
Debtors”
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all sums
receivable by or owing to the Seller at the Effective Time in
connection with the Business and in the ordinary course of trade
and which have been owing to the Seller for fewer than 60 days
from the date of supply of goods or services, and whether or not
then invoiced or due, but excluding any such sum comprised within
the Excluded Assets;
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“Transferring Intellectual
Property”
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the Business
Design Right, the Goodwill associated exclusively with the
Business, the Business Know-how and all other Intellectual Property
Rights owned by the Seller at the Effective Time and used
exclusively for the purposes of the Business and/or the business of
Travelex ATMs, including the Intellectual Property Rights listed in
schedule 1, but excluding any Intellectual Property Rights
comprised within the Excluded Assets;
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“Transitional Services
Agreement”
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the
transitional services agreement in the agreed form to be entered
into between the Seller and the Buyer and Travelex ATMs on the date
of this Agreement;
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“Travelex ATMs”
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Travelex ATMs
Limited, a private company limited by shares incorporated in
England and Wales with registered number 4046739;
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“Travelex Holdings
Limited.”
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a company
incorporated in England and Wales (registered number: 4090247)
whose registered office is at 65 Kingsway, London WC2B
6TB;
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“VAT”
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value added
tax, as provided for in VATA, and any tax imposed in substitution
for it;
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“VATA”
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the Value Added
Tax Act 1994;
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“Warranties”
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the warranties
of the Seller given under clause 14.1 which are set out in schedule
3; and
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“Warranty Claim”
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a claim for any
breach of any of the Warranties.
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1.2
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In
this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise:
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1.2.1
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any
reference to the parties or a recital, clause or schedule is to the
parties or the relevant recital, clause or schedule of or to this
Agreement, and any reference in a schedule to a paragraph is to a
paragraph of that schedule or, where relevant, that part of that
schedule;
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1.2.2
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the
clause headings are included for convenience only and shall not
affect the interpretation of this Agreement;
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1.2.3
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use
of the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
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1.2.4
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use
of any gender includes the other genders;
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1.2.5
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“financial year”,
“parent undertaking” and “subsidiary
undertaking” have the meanings given to them by sections 223
and 258 of the Companies Act 1985 respectively;
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1.2.6
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any
reference to a statute, statutory provision or subordinate
legislation (“legislation”) shall be construed as
referring to that legislation as amended and in force from time to
time and to any legislation which re-enacts or consolidates (with
or without modification) any such legislation except to the extent
that any amendment, re-enactment or
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consolidation
on or after the date of this Agreement would increase the liability
of any party under this Agreement; and
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1.2.7
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any
reference to a document being “in the agreed form”
means a document in a form agreed by the parties and either entered
into on the date of this Agreement by the relevant parties or
initialled by the parties or on their behalf by the Seller’s
Solicitors or by the Buyer’s Solicitors, in the latter case
with such amendments as they may subsequently agree;
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1.2.8
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if
a period of time is specified and dates from a given day or the day
of an act or event, it shall be calculated exclusive of that
day;
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1.2.9
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a
person shall be deemed to be connected with another if that person
is connected with another within the meaning of section 839
ICTA;
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1.2.10
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references to writing shall include
any modes of reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form
(but not e-mail);
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1.2.11
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reference to a balance sheet or
profit and loss account shall include a reference to any note
forming part of it; and
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1.2.12
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references to this Agreement include
this Agreement as amended or supplemented in accordance with its
terms.
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1.3
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The
schedules and recitals form part of this Agreement and shall have
effect as if set out in full in the body of this Agreement, and any
reference to this Agreement includes the schedules and
recitals.
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2.
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AGREEMENT FOR SALE
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2.1
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Subject to the terms of this
Agreement, the Seller shall sell or cause to be sold and the Buyer
shall buy the Business as a going concern and all the Assets with
effect from the Effective Time.
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2.2
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The
Seller shall sell and the Buyer shall purchase the Assets and all
attached or accrued rights free from all Encumbrances with full
title guarantee, save as provided in clause 11 and save in relation
to the Transferring Intellectual Property Rights where the only
Warranties given are as set out in part 9 of schedule 3.
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EXCLUDED ASSETS
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3.1
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Nothing in this Agreement shall
operate to transfer to the Buyer any interest in any of the
Excluded Assets.
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3.2
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The
Seller acknowledges and agrees that the Buyer will not assume or
have any liability or obligation in respect of:
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3.2.1
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the
Excluded Assets;
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3.2.2
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the
Excluded Liabilities; or
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3.2.3
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the
Business save to the extent expressly assumed or incurred by it
under this Agreement and save for liabilities under the Transfer
Regulations,
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and
the Seller shall indemnify the Buyer on demand against all Losses
which the Buyer incurs in relation to any liability or obligation
not to be assumed or incurred by the Buyer in accordance with this
clause 3.2.
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4.
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CONDITIONS
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4.1
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Completion is subject to the
following conditions being satisfied or (where permitted) waived on
or before 5.30 p.m. (London time) on the End Date:
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4.1.1
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unconditional written consent from
each counterparty to the Contracts listed in schedule 7 to the
change of control of Travelex ATMs or to the assignment of the
relevant Contract to the Buyer, as appropriate, having been
obtained (or deemed obtained in accordance with clause
4.2);
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4.1.2
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the
funding for the consideration for the purchase of the Business and
Assets having been obtained on terms and conditions satisfactory to
the Buyer.
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4.2
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The
Seller shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure that the
Condition set out in clause 4.1.1 is satisfied on or before the End
Date. The Buyer shall provide all reasonable information relating
to it and to the Buyer’s Group as is reasonably requested by
any counterparty such as is referred to in clause 4.1.1 and, for
the purposes of obtaining the consents referred to in that clause,
the Guarantor shall (if so requested by any such counterparty)
offer a reasonable guarantee of the obligations of the Seller or
Travelex ATMs (as the case may be) under the relevant contract. If
the Guarantor fails to supply any such guarantee or the Buyer is in
material
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breach of its
obligations under the previous sentence, then without prejudice to
the other rights of the Seller, the consent of the relevant
counterparty shall be deemed obtained for the purpose of clause
4.1.1 if such failure is the reason for the consent not having been
obtained. The Buyer shall take all reasonable steps to obtain the
funding referred to in clause 4.1.2 on or before the End Date
provided that the Buyer shall be under no obligation to continue to
raise the funding save to the extent that (a) such funding
ceases to be viable because of a material adverse change affecting
stock markets or interest rates or (b) to the extent that
funding on terms acceptable to the proposed suppliers of financing
would be likely to result in the share price of the Guarantor
falling by more than US$1.55. The Buyer shall not be obliged to
accept the offer of any funds unless the funding is available to
the Buyer on terms reasonably believed by it to be commercially
reasonable.
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4.3
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The
Buyer may by notice to the Seller waive the Condition set out in
clause 4.1.1.
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4.4
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If
the Conditions have not been fulfilled or waived, where permitted
by clause 4.3, on or before the End Date, the provisions of this
Agreement shall terminate and no party shall have any further
rights or obligations under this Agreement, including accrued
rights and obligations at the time of termination (other than
accrued rights and obligations in respect of breaches of clause
4.2, which accrued rights and obligations shall not be affected by
termination) save that clauses 18, 20 and 22 to 24 inclusive and 28
and 29 shall remain binding on the parties in accordance with their
terms.
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5.
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BETWEEN EXCHANGE AND
COMPLETION
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5.1
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During the period between the
signing of this Agreement and ending on Completion or the
termination of this Agreement (whichever is the earlier) the Seller
shall comply with the provisions set out in schedule 5.
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5.2
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The
Seller shall procure that during the period beginning on the
signing of this Agreement and ending at Completion or the
termination of this Agreement (whichever is earlier) the Buyer and
any persons authorised by it shall be given reasonable access
during normal business hours and on reasonable notice to the
employees, premises, plant, machinery, books of account, records
and documents of the Business and the directors and employees shall
be instructed to give as soon as reasonably practicable to the
Buyer and any persons authorised by it all information in relation
to the Business as the Buyer may reasonably request.
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5.3
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The
Seller shall indemnify the Buyer in respect of any reduction in the
value of the Business and Assets arising as a result of all
breaches of the Repeated Warranties if (and only if) the
aggregate
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amount of that
reduction, and the aggregate reduction in the value of the Business
and the Assets caused by all breaches of the Repeated Warranties as
defined in the Share Purchase Agreement, exceeds £250,000 in
which event the Seller shall, subject to clauses 5.5 and 5.6,
indemnify the Buyer for the entire amount of the reduction in the
value of the Business and Assets, including any amount taken into
account in reaching the £250,000 threshold.
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5.4
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If
following the date of this Agreement, but before Completion, or any
termination of this Agreement the Buyer becomes aware of any breach
of the Repeated Warranties entitling it to be indemnified under
clause 5.3, then subject to clause 5.5 the Buyer shall within five
Business Days of becoming aware of the relevant breach give notice
to the Seller giving its best estimate of the diminution in the
value of the Business and Assets caused by the breach or breaches
in question and requiring that the amount of the specified
diminution in value shall at Completion be deducted from the
purchase price payable in accordance with clause 19 and shall
instead be deposited into the Escrow Account and only be released
from such account in accordance with the terms of the Escrow
Agreement.
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5.5
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The
Buyer shall have no rights to be indemnified under clause 5.3 or
otherwise in respect of any breach of the Repeated Warranties
resulting from:
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5.5.1
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any
fact or matter disclosed in the Disclosure Letter on the basis set
out in clause 14.1 or any claim made or proceedings threatened by
any third party arising out of any fact or matter disclosed in the
Disclosure Letter on such basis; or
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5.5.2
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any
change in stock markets, interest rates, exchange rates, or other
general economic conditions generally affecting the industry in
which the Business operates.
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5.6
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The
Seller shall not be liable in respect of a breach of a Repeated
Warranty if, on or before the date falling 10 Business Days after
the date on which notice of that breach is received by the Seller
under clause 5.4, the Seller has remedied the relevant breach or
prevented the Buyer from suffering any potential loss in respect of
the subject matter of that breach or caused any loss which could be
so suffered by the Buyer to be made good. The Buyer shall comply
with all reasonable requests made by the Seller at the
Seller’s cost during that period for the purposes of so
remedying any such breach or preventing any such loss.
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CONSIDERATION
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6.1
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The
purchase price for the Assets shall be £11,528,000,
apportioned between the Assets as provided for in clause 6.2,
together with VAT (if any) chargeable in respect of the sale plus
any sum payable by the Buyer and minus any sum payable to the Buyer
pursuant to clause 6.4.
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6.2
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The
purchase price for the Assets shall be apportioned as
follows:
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Purchase Price
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(stated in pounds sterling
or
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as a percentage of the
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balance of the purchase
price)
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£1
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rights under
and in connection with the Contracts, subject to clause
10.6:
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£1
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the face value of the Transferring
Debtors
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20% of (the total purchase price
less £4)
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Transferring
Intellectual Property and Goodwill comprised in Transferring
Intellectual Property:
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£1
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Goodwill (other
than that comprised in the Transferring
Intellectual Property):
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80% of (the total purchase price
less £4) less the face value of the Transferring Debtors plus
the face value of the Transferring Creditors
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Transferring
Creditors the discharge of which is (the face value of the
Transferring Creditors) assumed by the Buyer pursuant to clause
12.6
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Minus the face value of the
Transferring Creditors
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Purchase Price
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(stated in pounds sterling
or
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as a percentage of the
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balance of the purchase
price)
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all other
rights and assets of the Seller at the Effective Time relating
exclusively to the Business and/or the business of Travelex ATMs,
other than the Excluded Assets:
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£1
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6.3
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The
apportionment referred to in clause 6.2 shall apply for all
purposes, including stamp duty and any other form of Taxation, but
shall not in any way limit the liability of the Seller in respect
of any Warranty Claim.
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6.4
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On
the date falling five Business Days after the calculation of the
Net Current Liability Value becomes final and binding on the
parties in accordance with this Agreement:
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6.4.1
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if
the Net Current Liability Value is greater than £(X+C) the
Seller shall pay to the Buyer an amount equal to the amount by
which the Net Current Liability Value exceeds £(X+C);
or
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6.4.2
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if
the Net Current Liability Value is less than £(X-C) the Buyer
shall pay to the Seller an amount equal to the amount by which the
Net Current Liability Value is less than £(X-C);
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A =
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B =
the number of ATMs in operation as at the Completion
Date
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C =
£25,000
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together in either case with
interest accruing from day to day, both before and after judgment,
from the Completion Date until the date of payment at a rate two
per cent. above the base rate for the time being of Barclays Bank
plc. All payments pursuant to this clause shall be made by
telegraphic transfer of immediately available funds to the bank
accounts specified in clause 19.
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COMPLETION ACCOUNTS
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7.1
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The
Seller shall use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that a draft
of the Completion Accounts is prepared as soon as possible after
Completion and delivered to the Buyer on or before the date falling
20 Business Days after Completion, together with the Net Current
Liability Statement signed by the Seller.
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7.2
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The
Completion Accounts shall be drawn up in accordance with the
accounting bases, methods and policies set out in part 2 of
schedule 10.
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7.3
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The
draft Completion Accounts and the calculation of the Net Current
Liability Value set out in the Net Current Liability Statement
shall be deemed agreed by the Buyer on the date falling 10 Business
Days after the date on which those documents are first delivered to
the Buyer and shall be final and binding on the parties for all
purposes (and shall respectively constitute the Completion Accounts
for the purposes of this Agreement and the Net Current Liability
Value for the purposes of clause 6), unless during that period the
Buyer gives notice to the Seller that it disagrees with the
calculation of the Net Current Liability included in the Net
Current Liability Statement. Any notice so given shall include
reasonable details (so far as practicable) of the reasons for any
disagreement and any suggested adjustment, together with reasonable
supporting evidence for each adjustment, including any relevant
working papers.
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7.4
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If
any notice is so served by the Buyer during such 10 Business Day
period, the Buyer and the Seller shall attempt in good faith to
resolve any matters in dispute and agree a final form of Completion
Accounts and the calculation of the Net Current Liability Value on
or before the date falling 10 Business Days after the date on which
the Sellers receive that notice. The Completion Accounts and the
calculation of the Net Current Liability Value so agreed by them
shall be final and binding on the parties for all purposes (and
shall respectively constitute the Completion Accounts for the
purposes of this Agreement and the Net Current Liability Value for
the purposes of clause 6). In the absence of agreement between the
Buyer and the Seller within that time period, the Independent
Accountants shall be instructed to deliver a determination of the
matters in dispute and a calculation of the amount of the Net
Current Liability Value and revised Completion Accounts adjusted
only to take account of the matters determined by them. As so
revised, the Completion Accounts shall then constitute the
Completion Accounts for the purposes of this Agreement.
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7.5
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Each party shall promptly provide to
the other or the other’s accountants or professional advisers
(and to the Independent Accountants) all such documents and
information as may reasonably be
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requested for
the purpose of preparing or reviewing the Completion Accounts and
the Net Current Liability Statement. The parties’ obligations
under this clause shall, without limitation, extend to providing
access to or copies of all working papers in their possession or
under their control (other than those created by their respective
accountants) created in the course of the preparation and/or review
of the Completion Accounts and/or Net Current Liability Statement,
together (in the case of the Buyer) with extracts from the
Seller’s accounting records to which the working papers
relate or from which the working papers have drawn information, and
access upon reasonable notice and during normal working hours to
relevant personnel, and to relevant records and information within
the possession or under the control, of the relevant
party.
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8.
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APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT
ACCOUNTANTS
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8.1
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Any
matters which this Agreement provides are to be determined by the
Independent Accountants may be referred for determination by either
the Seller or the Buyer to:
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8.1.1
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KPMG or (if they refuse to accept
instructions) Deloitte or (if they refuse to accept instructions)
any other independent firm of chartered accountants whose identity
is agreed between the Seller and the Buyer and whose terms of
engagement are agreed to and signed by the accountants, the Seller
and the Buyer; or
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8.1.2
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if
no such firm is agreed or no such terms of engagement are signed on
or before the date falling 20 Business Days after the date on which
a firm accepts instructions (in the case of KPMG or Deloitte) or in
any other case is first proposed by either party to the other for
the purpose, such independent firm of chartered accountants on such
terms of engagement as shall be chosen or (as the case may be)
specified on the application of either party by the President for
the time being of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England
and Wales. If the Seller or the Buyer fails to sign such terms of
engagement on or before the date falling five Business Days after
the date on which such choice or (as the case may be) specification
is made, Independent Accountants shall be deemed to have been
appointed and to have determined the matter or matters to be
referred to the Independent Accountants under this clause in favour
of the party who has signed the terms of engagement.
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8.2
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The
Independent Accountants:
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8.2.1
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shall act as experts and not as
arbitrators;
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8.2.2
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shall decide on the procedure
(subject to clause 8.2.3) and timetable to be followed in the
determination (provided that, in any event, they shall give the
Seller and the Buyer the opportunity of making such representations
as they may reasonably require); and
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8.2.3
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shall be required only to determine
those matters that this Agreement provides should be determined by
them (and not any additional or separate issues subsequently raised
by the parties) and deliver such determination and any calculation,
statement or accounts required to be provided by them by this
Agreement in writing to the parties on or before the date falling
20 Business Days after the date of the appointment of the
Independent Accountants.
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8.3
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In
the absence of fraud or manifest error, the decision of the
Independent Accountants and any determination and any calculation,
statement or accounts required to be provided by them by this
Agreement shall be final and binding on the parties for all
purposes. The fees and expenses of the Independent Accountants
shall be paid by such party or parties as the Independent
Accountants shall determine to be appropriate in their sole
discretion, having regard to the relative merits of the arguments
of each of the parties. In default of a determination by the
Independent Accountants as to fees and expenses, they shall be
borne as to 50 per cent. by the Buyer and 50 per cent. by the
Seller.
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8.4
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The
Seller and the Buyer shall each use all reasonable endeavours to
co-operate with the Independent Accountants and to enable them to
reach their determination within the time period set by this
Agreement including by co-operating with any timetable and
procedure set by the Independent Accountants. In particular, the
Seller and the Buyer shall each provide each other and the
Independent Accountants with or with access to all such documents
and information as are in their possession or under their control,
and access to all relevant personnel upon reasonable prior notice
and during normal working hours, as may from time to time be
requested by the Independent Accountants in their absolute
discretion. In the event that any of the Seller or the Buyer does
not co-operate with or grant access to or supply any document or
information so requested within any time specified by the
Independent Accountants, the Independent Accountants shall be
entitled to make such assumptions for the purposes of making their
determination (including any determination as to costs) as a result
of that failure to co-operate, grant access or supply such document
or information as they shall in their absolute discretion determine
to be appropriate.
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9.
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COMPLETION
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9.1
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Subject to clauses 9.5 to 9.8
(inclusive) Completion shall take place at the offices of the
Seller’s Solicitors within two Business Days after all of the
Conditions have been fulfilled or waived in accordance with clause
4 (or such later date as the Buyer and the Seller shall
agree).
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9.2
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At
Completion:
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9.2.1
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property and risk in the Assets
shall pass to the Buyer; and
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9.2.2
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every Asset which is then in the
possession of the Seller, legal title to which is capable of
passing to the Buyer by delivery, shall be constructively delivered
to the Buyer.
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9.3
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At
Completion, the Seller shall deliver or make available to the
Buyer:
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9.3.1
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an
assignment of the Seller’s rights under and in connection
with the Contracts in the agreed form executed by the
Seller;
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9.3.2
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an
assignment of the Transferring Debtors in the agreed form executed
by the Seller;
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9.3.3
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the
written consents referred to in clause 4.1.1 (save where any
consent is deemed given under clause 4.2);
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9.3.4
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assignments of the Transferring
Intellectual Property in the agreed form, executed by the
Seller;
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9.3.5
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certificates of registration and/or
filing receipts and the other documents relating to the
Transferring Intellectual Property to the extent that the same are
in the possession or under the control of the Seller;
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9.3.6
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all
consents required for the sale of the Business and Assets from Apax
Partners Europe Managers Limited and agents of the senior and
mezzanine financiers under certain financing
arrangements;
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9.3.7
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written confirmation, in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Buyer, that the master agreement
between Travelex UK Limited, TotalFinaElf UK Limited and Travelex
ATMs Limited has not been terminated and is in force;
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9.3.8
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the
Licence Agreement executed by the Seller;
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9.3.9
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a
deed of release in a form reasonably acceptable to the Buyer
executed by Barclays Bank plc consenting to the transfer of the
Assets;
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9.3.10
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a
list of all the ATMs for which planning permission has been
obtained as described in paragraph 1.6 of part 6 of schedule
3;
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9.3.11
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a
certified copy of the minutes of a meeting of the directors of the
Seller in the agreed form resolving that the Seller should enter
into this Agreement, and each other document to be signed by it at
Completion, and authorising the execution of those documents by
each person signing on behalf of the Seller;
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9.3.12
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a
list of all Site Agreements falling within paragraph 1.6.6 of part
4 of schedule 3;
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9.3.13
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the
Contracts and such original documents in relation to them to the
extent that, in both cases, the same are in the possession of or
under the control of the Seller;
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9.3.14
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the
Business Records to the extent that the same are in the possession
of or under the control of the Seller; and
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9.3.15
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subject to clause 15.11.2, pay the
sum of £50,000 to the Buyer and the Buyer hereby undertakes to
use such sum to make a bonus payment to Nick Cockett if he remains
an employee of the Buyer for the 6 months following
Completion, and further provided that such sum is repaid to the
Seller if he ceases to be an employee of the Buyer within such time
period.
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9.4
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At
Completion, the Buyer shall:
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9.4.1
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deliver to the Seller:
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9.4.1.1
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the
Licence Agreement executed by the Buyer;
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9.4.1.2
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a
certified copy of the minutes of a meeting of the directors of the
Buyer in the agreed form resolving that the Buyer should enter into
this Agreement, and each other document to be signed by it at
Completion, and authorising the execution of those documents by
each person signing on behalf of the Buyer; and
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9.4.1.3
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a
certified copy of the minutes of a meeting of the directors of the
Guarantor in the agreed form resolving that the Guarantor should
enter into
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this Agreement
and give the guarantee in clause 18, and authorising the execution
of this Agreement by each of the persons signing for the
Guarantor;
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9.4.2.1
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the
sum of £11,528,000 (less any amount which is to be paid into
the Escrow Account in accordance with clause 5.4 and clause 11.8
(Contracts)) to the Seller in accordance with clause 19.1;
and
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9.4.2.2
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pay
the sum of £57,241 plus any sum due to be paid into the Escrow
Account pursuant to clause 5.4, into the Escrow Account.
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9.5
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If
either the Buyer or the Seller (referred to in this clause 9 as the
“defaulting party” ) does not or is unable to
fulfil any material obligations under clause 9.3 or clause 9.4, as
the case may be, at the time when Completion is due to take place
under clause 9.1, the other party (referred to in this clause 9 as
the “non-defaulting party” ) may, in addition to
any other right or remedy it may have, by notice to the defaulting
party:
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9.5.1
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postpone Completion by up to 20
Business Days; or
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9.5.2
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elect to proceed to Completion, in
which case the defaulting party shall be obliged to fulfil those
obligations under clause 9.3 or clause 9.4, as the case may be,
which it is then able to fulfil and to fulfil the remaining
obligations on or before any later date specified for the purpose
in the notice; or
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9.5.3
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if
having already given notice under clause 9.5.1 and a period of not
less than 20 Business Days having elapsed without each unfulfilled
obligation in question having been fulfilled in all material
respects, elect not to complete the sale and purchase of the
Assets.
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9.6
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If
Completion is postponed on any occasion under clause 9.5.1, clause
9.5 shall apply with respect to each occasion to which it is so
postponed.
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9.7
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If
the non-defaulting party elects not to complete the sale and
purchase of the Assets in accordance with clause 9.5.3, or if the
parties are not obliged or entitled to complete the sale and
purchase of the Business and Assets by reason of clause 9.8 and one
party so notifies the other party the parties shall have no further
rights or obligations under this Agreement, other than
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accrued rights and obligations at
the time of that election in respect of prior breaches including
breaches of clauses 9.2 to 9.4, save that clauses 18, 20 and 22 to
24 inclusive and 28 and 29 shall remain binding on the parties in
accordance with their terms, provided that where the Buyer is the
non-defaulting party, it may demand by way of a pre-agreed estimate
of its loss the aggregate sum of £1,500,000 from the Seller
(or the aggregate sum of £750,000 if TRM Services Limited
makes a similar demand under the Share Purchase Agreement) which
the Seller shall pay in full and final settlement of any rights and
remedies the Buyer might otherwise have had in respect of the
breach or breaches in question, all of which rights and remedies
shall be unconditionally waived and released with effect from
receipt by the Buyer of the sum payable under this
clause.
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9.8
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The
parties shall not be obliged or entitled to complete the sale and
purchase of the Business and Assets unless the Share Purchase
Agreement is completed simultaneously.
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10.
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CONTRACTS
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10.1
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Subject to clause 11 and the
following provisions of this clause 10, the Buyer shall perform in
place of the Seller and in accordance with their terms all
obligations required to be performed after the Effective Time under
the Contracts. The Buyer shall indemnify the Seller on demand
against all Losses which the Seller may incur arising from or in
connection with any failure by the Buyer to perform any such
obligation.
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10.2
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Clause 10.1 shall not apply to any
obligation arising by reason of a breach, omission or failure to
perform by the Seller of an obligation required by any Contract to
be performed before the Effective Time.
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10.3
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The
Seller shall at its own cost discharge the obligations referred to
in clause 10.2 as they fall due, and shall indemnify the Buyer on
demand against all Losses which the Buyer may incur arising from or
in connection with any failure by the Seller to do so. Nothing in
this clause 10 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall have the effect
of making the Buyer liable in any way under any guarantees of any
third party obligations or of warranties given in Contracts
relating to any obligation under any Contract to be performed
before the Effective Time or otherwise in relation to the
performance of the Seller of its obligations under such Contracts
up to the Effective Time, the liability for which shall remain with
the Seller.
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10.4
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The
Seller shall indemnify the Buyer on demand against all Losses which
the Buyer may incur by reason of any failure by the Seller to
perform any obligation arising out of the Contracts prior to the
Effective Time.
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10.5
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Any
tender issued by the Seller in the course of the Business before
Completion and which is not then accepted and which is capable, on
acceptance, of giving rise to a binding agreement, the details of
which are set out in schedule 8, shall be deemed to be a Contract
for the purposes of this Agreement with effect from the time of its
acceptance.
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10.6
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Nothing in this Agreement shall
constitute an assignment (or attempted assignment) of rights under
or in connection with any Contract, or require the Buyer to perform
any obligation under a Contract in place of the Seller, for which
consent has not been achieved pursuant to clause 4.1.1 and for
which third party consent is required to the assignment of those
rights to the Buyer, or to the performance by the Buyer of that
obligation, within the meaning of clause 11.1.
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THIRD PARTY CONSENTS
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11.1
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This clause 11.1 shall apply in
relation to any Contract if and while a third party consent is
required to the assignment to the Buyer of any rights under or in
connection with that Contract or to the performance by the Buyer
after the Effective Time of any obligation under that Contract in
place of the Seller. A third party consent shall without limitation
be deemed to be required for the purposes of this clause 11.1 if,
either it is an express term of the Contract that consent is
required to the assignment or if, in the absence of that consent,
the assignment in question or the performance by the Buyer of the
relevant obligation would result, directly or indirectly and with
or without notice, in:
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11.1.1
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the
breach of any Contract;
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11.1.2
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the
acceleration of any obligation or the assumption of any further
obligation under any Contract; or
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11.1.3
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a
person becoming entitled to terminate any Contract or otherwise to
exercise any further rights under any Contract.
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11.2
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In
each case where clause 11.1 applies to a Contract, each of the
Buyer and the Seller shall on request by the other use reasonable
endeavours to obtain the relevant third party consent as soon as is
reasonably practicable. Any professional costs or expenses of any
relevant third party for which it requires reimbursement shall be
borne by the Seller. The Guarantor shall, if requested by any
relevant third party in relation to a Site Agreement, give all
reasonable guarantees required by such third party in connection
with such a consent. The Seller agrees not to offer any such
guarantees on behalf of the Guarantor without the Guarantor’s
prior written consent.
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11.3
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While a third party consent is
required to the assignment to the Buyer of rights under or in
connection with any Contract, the Seller shall continue its
corporate existence and shall hold those rights and all monies
received under that Contract after Completion on trust for the
Buyer absolutely and, to the extent that a third party consent is
not required in order for it to do so, shall pay those monies to
the Buyer on or before the date falling 10 Business Days after the
date of receipt and shall otherwise exercise its rights in respect
of that Contract only as the Buyer may from time to time
direct.
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11.4
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While a third party consent is
required to the performance by the Buyer after the Effective Time
of any obligation under a Contract in place of the Seller, the
Buyer shall perform that obligation as agent or sub-contractor of
the Seller or, if to do so would itself require a third party
consent, the Seller shall perform that obligation at the
Buyer’s cost if requested to do so by the Buyer, and in the
latter case, the Buyer shall afford the Seller, at the
Buyer’s cost, all such facilities and employees as the Seller
may reasonably request in order to perform that obligation. The
Buyer shall indemnify the Seller against all Losses which the
Seller may incur arising from or in connection with such
obligations, and without limiting that indemnity, the Buyer shall
reimburse the Seller for all costs reasonably incurred by the
Seller in performing any such obligation in accordance with this
clause on or before the date falling five Business Days from the
date on which the Seller notifies the Buyer of the amount of such
costs.
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11.5
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Until any Contract is assigned or
novated but subject to clause 11.7, the Seller shall give all such
assistance as the Buyer may reasonably require at the Buyer’s
cost to enable the Buyer to enforce the Seller’s rights under
such Contract and (without limitation) shall provide access to all
relevant books, documents and other information in its possession
in relation to such Contract as the Buyer may reasonably
require.
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11.6
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When (and only when) a third party
consent requested under clause 11.2 is given, clause 2.1 shall
apply to rights under or in connection with the relevant Contract
and/or clause 10.1 shall apply in relation to obligations under
that Contract, but without prejudice to the parties’ accrued
rights at that time under this clause 11.
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11.7
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If
third party consent to assignment or novation of a Contract is
refused, or otherwise not obtained on terms reasonably satisfactory
to the Buyer within 60 Business Days of the Completion Date, the
Buyer shall be entitled at its sole discretion to require the
Seller to serve proper notice (in accordance with the terms of such
Contract to terminate that Contract. The Buyer shall indemnify and
keep indemnified the Seller from and against all Losses that the
Seller may incur by reason of the termination of such
Contract.
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11.8
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In
relation to the Contracts listed in schedule 12 (“ Tier 2
Contracts ”):
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11.8.1
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the
Buyer has paid the aggregate sum of £57,241 (“
Aggregate Contract Retention ”) out of the purchase
price for the Business and Assets into the Escrow Account to be
dealt with in accordance with this clause 11.8;
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11.8.2
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the
Buyer and the Seller agree to give written instructions in
accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement for release of
the following sums out of the Aggregate Contract Retention to the
following persons at the following times:
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11.8.2.1
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subject to clause 11.8.2.2, in
relation to any Tier 2 Contract which is terminated as a result of
the sale of the Business and Assets to the Buyer or the sale of the
Shares to TRM Services Limited during the period of two years
following the date of this Agreement, the amount set out opposite
that Tier 2 Contract in schedule 12 together with interest accrued
thereon in the Escrow Account to the date of payment to be paid to
the Buyer, within 10 Business Days of the receipt of the relevant
notice of termination;
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11.8.2.2
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in
relation to any Tier 2 Contract which is not terminated as
described in clause 11.8.2.1, within 10 Business Days of the
earlier of (a) the assignment of that Contract to the Buyer or
the consent to the change of control of Travelex ATMs Limited (as
appropriate); and (b) the second anniversary of Completion,
the amount set out opposite that Tier 2 Contract in schedule 12 to
be paid to the Seller together with interest accrued thereon in the
Escrow Account to the date of payment.
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DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
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12.1
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Within five Business Days of
Completion, the Seller shall deliver to the Buyer a list of
Transferring Debtors.
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12.2
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As
soon as reasonably practicable after Completion, the Seller shall
send letters in the form set out in the Assignment of Debtors to
all persons owing any of the Transferring Debtors, instructing them
to make payments in settlement of the Transferring Debtors to the
Buyer.
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12.3
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If
the Seller receives after Completion any monies in full or partial
settlement of any of the Transferring Debtors, the Seller shall
ensure that all monies so received are held on trust for the Buyer
and paid or delivered to the Buyer promptly, and
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